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  1. Better council fee than what we have. Ours just went up to $85 to match National dues.
  2. Thank you all for the input. We spoke with the camp and they will make sure that troops follow the proper procedure and that no one will have sole use over any portion of the facilities.
  3. Looking for thought on how to handle a situation we faced last year that we will likely encounter this year. The summer camp we go to has a latrine/shower shared by two campsites. Inside, there is a urinal, sink, mirror, toilet, & shower. On the backside, there is a shower and toilet, each having their own door with no access to the inside main area. There is a sign on front that can be changed to either Youth or Adult to identify who is currently inside the main part of the building. Last year, our boy troop arrived after the female troop that was in the next campsite. They placed t
  4. Yup, my inaugural comment was off base. However, I believe that continued to change the rules is not the way to go.
  5. So much for previous statements that the program would not change. Now they change the rules to make sure there will be a female Eagle Scout in the inaugural year. Where were the adjusted rules when they opened registration to homosexual scouts. Those scouts did not get any benefit to being able to join and obtain their Eagle if they did not have enough time.
  6. Donald Jr. already did. Donald Trump Jr.†Verified account @DonaldJTrumpJrFollowFollow @DonaldJTrumpJr More Donald Trump Jr. Retweeted Ken Dilanian Strange, I thought that's what the Girl Scouts was for???
  7. Also not sure how this is going to help families with boys and girls to participate at the same time except for Pack meetings. The pack in our area have den meetings on all different nights, so unless the siblings are twins or in the same grade, they wouldn't have meetings on the same night anyway. I assume some packs have all den meetings on the same night, but don't see it working in our area.
  8. Yes it was sarcastic, they are desperate for money. Could see it especially when they are now requiring all adults attending summer camp to be registered with the BSA and pay dues. We had an event recently that required everyone to be registered with the BSA and I countered with the council program director that this has to include MB Counselors as they are registered members of the BSA but do not have to pay dues. Loophole to the "must be registered" rule IMHO.
  9. Since the BSA will be getting more registration dollars with this program, where is the push to cancel the membership rate increase we are all going to suffer this year?
  10. As SM, I have refused completed blue cards issued by summer camp that I know and can verify were not completed. Namely, I had 2 scouts take the camping merit badge which were marked fully complete even though they did not have the 20 nights of camping under their belt. Basically we would inform the scouts of how many nights they had completed and hold the blue cards until they fulfilled the requirement. We would try to plan extra campouts to help them complete them faster.
  11. I really like what you put together as it is very informative. Thanks for sharing it.
  12. What I don't understand is that the Scout Executive for President Ford Council told us during this year's summer camp that the 2 camps in our council were the only 2 in Michigan that had both an increase in kids and were both profitable. So why not keep both open to Boy Scout Summer camp? Instead, they only make the northern camp a Cub Camp (while keeping the other southern Cub Camp open) which I doubt will see an increase in youth and profit without the Boy Scouts using it next year. The issue with driving longer distances is that we had numerous troops that rotated leadership during c
  13. Luckily they could not sell our camp in Traverse City since it is owned by the Rotary and not the council. They did however not make it a boy scout summer camp next year, just a Cub camp. Grand Rapids, the other council we merged in to make our FSC, got both a Boy Scout summer camp and Cub camp. Then it made more sense when I saw the transitional board members and found our council had 1 member and Grand Rapids had 3. Once the merger was proposed, I thought that there would be a new Michigan Crossroads Council shoulder patch and everyone in the mitten would be wearing it. Now I hear t
  14. The SPL and ASPL were neither appointed or voted in as it would have been a moot point having the troop vote for only 1 person who wanted to be SPL. Even if we said he was elected by the troop, therefore he can be Patrol Leader, they just came off of their stint as Patrol Leader and others need their shot at becoming Patrol Leader. And if an election is held for Patrol Leader and they didn't win, where would that leave their training? I love eating pickles, but I hate being in one. I spoke to my ASM and CC (previously SM) last night to come up with any ideas that we could offer the
  15. Sentinel947, The SPL and ASPL are both NYLT trained. They were each the outgoing patrol leaders for their patrols and began their term back in March. Now it is time to re-elect patrol leaders which we do every 6 months. That is my other issue is that by forming 1 patrol and "making" these boys the PL and APL, no one else in the patrols that were eager to be on the ballot get a chance. Until they finish the PL election, the APL's are stepping up to the plate to fill the role of PL. I would really hate to see the SPL or ASPL get disgruntled over the issue that myself and the last S
  16. The other issue is getting the remaining 9 boys together at one time. With sports and band heavy until mid October, we have just over half attending troop meetings and outings. We may have to go with the makeup now, and hold elections once sports have let up and boys can actively participate. They would like to have a larger troop and have tried recruiting with little success. Currently there are no Webelos that will be crossing over next February. Also, the schools in our area do not allow any groups to come in and do any kind of recruiting. Our DE has tried multiple times.
  17. Sentinel947, Sticky situation indeed. How do you tell a patrol "These 2 boys are now your PL and APL even though you didn't elect them" when they have always voted for their PL? I can't do it and at the same time say the troop is youth led.
  18. I am looking for input on how to deal with the following situation. We just had a two scouts become SPL and ASPL of our 2 patrols as they have recently completed NYLT and we did not have any NYLT trained youth before. Since these 2 are no longer in the patrols, one patrol has 6 and the other has 5 (had 6 but one just aged out). The patrols are currently working on their patrol leader elections. Even though we did not really need an SPL or ASPL for 2 patrols, we felt the boys deserved to put the skills they learned to use in managing 2 patrols. Now, during the midst of patrol leade
  19. I was staffing Wood Badge this past weekend and did not hear of his passing until it was announced during the rocket launching session I was in charge of. We had a fitting dedication as we launched in his honor.
  20. In our troop, your gift for registering is brand new book. We figure since we require them to use it, we are not going to create a barrier for them to get one on their own. When the scout completes a requirement, they are responsible to bring their book to be signed off. It is also the scout's responsibility to bring their book to the advancement chair to have their signed off items entered into Troopmaster on a routine basis. This way if they lost their book, we have our records since they last had their items entered. Each scout is told it is their responsibility (there's that w
  21. You think that is ridiculous? Try this one out. During the leader meeting when we got to summer camp last week we were told that Michigan is starting to require smoke detectors...yes, smoke detectors inside the tents. There was one campsite at our summer camp that had smoke detectors installed inside of the canvas wall tents. I could not find the requirement online when I got back from camp. Good grief, what next?
  22. Lisabob: The entire lower peninsula is now the Michigan Crossroads Council. This is the only 501©3 council recognized by National. The lower peninsula is then split into 4 Field Service Councils. These are not stand-alone councils, but service areas so not everyone in Michigan has to converse with the main council office. Each one will have a Scout Executive. Our Field Service Council is now President Gerald R. Ford Field Service Council, which was the formed Gerald R. Ford Council and Scenic Trails Council. From the Web: We have a new name! Michigan Crossroads Coun
  23. Yeah, I am also part of a council being dissolved because of the new Michigan council. New council name for the entire lower peninsula is now Michigan Crossroads Council. I think I will wear my old patch for as long as I can and just say I can't afford the new one.
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